A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in 2007, Curt came to&nbsp;the publication&nbsp;from the broadcast industry where he was a national science and technology television reporter and producer. He writes on the FBO field, aviation finance, and sustainable aviation and occasionally contributes to&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;sister publication&nbsp;Business Jet Traveler. Curt was a member of the AINtv reporting staff that won the 2008 Aerospace Journalist of the Year award for Best Airshow Daily. That same year, he was a finalist for another AJOYA award. He earned an AJOYA for Best Business Aviation Submission in 2018 and was a finalist in that category in 2021. He received the National Air Transportation Association’s&nbsp; Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.
Before joining AIN, Curt worked with&nbsp;Consumer Reports’ television division, CRTV, and for several local television news staffs. An honors graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, he earned a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University in 1995. Curt lives in New York State with his wife and two young sons.

Business Aviation Services Editor

Curt Epstein

European aircraft operator DC Aviation has signed an agreement with global fuel provider AEG Fuels to replace a portion of its fleet emissions via a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) book-and-claim agreement. The transaction will allow DC to offset its emissions from fuel consumption at Malta International Airport, giving its customers another sustainability option beyond the purchase of carbon offset credits.
“We are proud to be leading by example and be a pioneer in bringing SAF to the Maltese Islands,” explained DC managing director Stanley Bugeja. “Since 2021, DC Aviation Malta has been supporting business aviation’s efforts to become more sustainable by voluntarily offsetting all of our FBO customer’s fuel uplifts purchased through our FBO.”
Since SAF is unavailable in Malta, the agreement will allow DC to purchase the environmental attributes of SAF distributed in locations where the fuel is supplied.&nbsp;
“We’re very excited to support DC Aviation’s efforts to push our industry forward and be willing to participate in a SAF registry transaction,” said Noel Siggery, AEG’s senior director of sales and supply for Europe. “Their focus on investments in the environmental benefits and emission reduction attributes of SAF, as opposed to the more costly, physical segregation of the product, demonstrates the group’s commitment to innovative and thoughtful market-based sustainability solutions.”
He added these agreements allow the company to provide customers with sustainability solutions in any region.

News about environmental issues relating to aircraft operations, including noise issues, emissisions, and regulations. See Fuel for biofuel.

DC Aviation, AEG Fuels Ink SAF Book-and-claim Deal

The agreement will cover DC Aviation's Maltese FBO and aircraft operations

DC Aviation and AEG Fuels ink a sustainable aviation fuel book-and-claim deal to cover the former's Malta FBO and aircraft operations.

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

News and developments about aviation fuel, including jet fuel, aviation gasoline, and biofuel.

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Aether Fuels To Partner on Singapore SAF Refinery

Kerry Lynch

IBGAA’s fourth conference drew 160 attendees

IGBAA Conference Launches with Climbing Fast, Diaspora

Charlotte Bailey

Onsite power generation will also be offered to local energy network  

Embraer Commissions Solar Installation at Florida HQ

News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

European funding validates hydrogen-electric aviation as strategic technology, says developer

ZeroAvia Receives €21.4 Million to Deliver Norwegian Cargo Aircraft 

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

In this article

DC Aviation

AEG Fuels

More In Sustainability and Environment

Aether Fuels To Partner on Singapore SAF Refinery

Aether Fuels To Partner on Singapore SAF Refinery

IGBAA Conference Launches with Climbing Fast, Diaspora

IBGAA’s fourth conference drew 160 attendees

Embraer Commissions Solar Installation at Florida HQ

Onsite power generation will also be offered to local energy network

ZeroAvia Receives €21.4 Million to Deliver Norwegian Cargo Aircraft

European funding validates hydrogen-electric aviation as strategic technology, says developer

UK Allocates Funding to Tackle Non-CO2 Aircraft Emissions

Trio of UK-based initiatives receive government-backed support

Ahead of COP30, Bizav Notes SAF Availability

Sustainable Aviation Fuel is now available at more than 100 locations worldwide

Washington Brings Mixed Bag on Sustainability

Advocates encouraged by focus on innovation

SAF: Fourth Leg of the Stool Slowly Progressing

Production of SAF is growing, but still has a long journey ahead

AIN Products

SUBSCRIPTIONS

RESOURCES

ABOUT AIN